Glyn Hall, team leader of the Japanese brand, is convinced that the Spaniard will return with them
When Ferdinand alonso put an end to his participation in the Dakar 2020 made it clear what his plan was: “If I return to the Dakar it will be to fight to win” and he has taken this into account Toyota. The Spaniard wants to return to the toughest rally and the goal is to be the best of all.
Hence Fernando Alonso he needs a structure that shares that ambition and he was already with her in the year of his debut. Toyota he has “the best car and the best team today”, as his crew chief, Glyn Hall, acknowledges on the eve of a new Touareg for Al Attiyah.
Seeking victory in Dakar is one of the great objectives for the Spanish pilot
And taking into account the claims of Fernando Alonso in F1, where after his retirement he returned looking for a winning structure to seek his third World Cup, his simile in the Dakar goes through a team like Toyota that year after year lands on the Dakar to win again.
The figure of the Asturian marked a team like Toyota that, despite having in its ranks the driver who has dominated the desert, continues to yearn for a two-time champion who knew how to adapt his instinct linked to speed, to stand out for his skills, his dedication and the mental strength that he has.
It is in the medium term that it is estimated that Fernando Alonso arrived at Toyota
As Hall acknowledges, contact between Toyota and the Spaniard was never broken. Fernando gave his word to the British, “he told me that he would return and he will.” At Toyota they don’t know when that moment will come but they are already looking forward to it. The two-time champion will return to the desert “more prepared because he is an incredible driver.”
Toyota will make available one of the 23 Hilux that they have developed and it will be in the medium term, because although they do not estimate how long it will take the Spaniard to record his name in the history of the mythical rally, this is a complicated race. “Maybe it will take him two or three years to win,” Hall calculates over the top.